What: The 2019 World Championships
Why You Should Watch: It’s the best track field competition the world has to offer outside of the Olympic Games.
When: Races and field events begin on September 27 and run through October 6.
Where: On October 3, NBC Sports Network will continuously air the meet from 9:15 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. EST. All day, you can also stream (流播) every event on NBC Sports Gold(Requires: $59.99). Clicking, you can find the full broadcast plan here.
This year it’s the first time a Middle Eastern city has hosted the event. It also might be one of the hottest world championships. To reduce the possibility of heat stroke or tiredness, all of the events start after 4 p. m. Doha time (9 a. m. EST), with some events much later—including the marathon, which kicks off at midnight on September 27.
To help cool athletes and audiences, air conditioning units have been set inside the stadium. Athletes competing in events 1,500 meters and longer will also be asked to take a pill that tracks their temperatures, with the hope that this data can help prepare race organizers, athletes, and coaches for the hot conditions expected at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Temperature aside, there are some fiery races to look forward to this year, minus a few noteworthy names: six-time world champion Mo Farah of Great Britain, and two-time Olympic 800 gold medalist Caster Semenya of South Africa will not be competing.
Races to Watch on Day 7:
● The fastest time in the first round belongs to 10,000-meter champ Sifan Hassan. The race is at 4 p.m. EST.
● The men’s heats of the 1, 500 will include Craig Engels, Ben Blankenship, and 2016 Olympic gold medalist Matthew Centrowitz. The races start at 3 p.m.
● The finals of the women’s 400 meters includes Americans Adeline Jonathas and Phyllis Francis. The race is at 4:50 p.m.
1.What can you do on October 3?
A.Order all day’s live events. B.Go to the meet by plane.
C.Broadcast every event online. D.Find the plan for World Championships.
2.What is special about the 2019 World Championships?
A.It becomes the hottest one.
B.It is held in a Middle Eastern city.
C.The marathon begins after 9 a. m. EST.
D.The stadium is equipped with air conditioners.
3.Why are 1,500-meter runners required to take medicine?
A.To help athletes cool.
B.To add up players’ temperatures.
C.To explore the reason for the hot conditions.
D.To prepare for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
4.Who is probably absent from the 2019 World Championships?
A.Sifan Hassan. B.Ben Blankenship.
C.Caster Semenya. D.Adeline Jonathas.
5.Where is this text most likely from?
A.A web page. B.A magazine.
C.A guidebook. D.A news report.
Kim Stemple was a special-education teacher In 2012, she found herself ________ to an IV (静脉注射) in a Boston hospital being ________ for one of several diseases she had been diagnosed with, including lupus (狼疮) The normally lively Stemple was ________ getting upset a lot. And then a friend gave her a ________.
Before she got too sick to ________, Stemple had been a marathon runner. The medal came from a racing ________ who had just finished a half marathon in Las Vegas and hoped the present would ________ a kind of similar pick-me-up (提神剂). It worked like a(n) ________ —and then some.
After Stemple ________ the medal from her hospital IV pole, other patients said they wanted medals too. That got Stemple ________. “A medal is a simple way to give a(n) ________ message,” she told pilotonline. com. And so was born her ________, We Finish Together, which collects medals from ________ —runners, dancers, swimmers, singers, and even spelling bee winners—and donates them to all sorts of people in ________.
Receivers have included hospital patients, people of homeless shelters, and old soldiers. Part of the process is ________ with the donators writing a personalized ________ on the ribbon (缎带). “This gives them a connection to someone,” says Stemple. “If they receive a medal, they will know someone ________.”
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1.A.agreed B.invited C.tied D.preferred
2.A.prepared B.treated C.answered D.waited
3.A.naturally B.gradually C.regularly D.personally
4.A.pill B.suggestion C.way D.medal
5.A.exercise B.pack C.rise D.reward
6.A.judge B.guide C.partner D.inspector
7.A.change for B.serve as C.join in D.attach to
8.A.charm B.flag C.advertisement D.style
9.A.arose B.hung C.brought D.lay
10.A.wondering B.calculating C.thinking D.relieving
11.A.actual B.frequent C.reliable D.positive
12.A.health B.charity C.power D.reality
13.A.strangers B.athletes C.millionaires D.natives
14.A.addition B.cash C.need D.return
15.A.decorated B.replaced C.provided D.concerned
16.A.sign B.bill C.title D.note
17.A.cares B.agrees C.recovers D.deserves
18.A.hit B.difference C.promise D.beginning
19.A.attracted B.settled C.touched D.frightened
20.A.upset B.hopeless C.painful D.alone
—You grow bananas, and we are responsible for the sales of them.
—OK, ________.
A.Wait and see B.That’s a bargain C.Seeing is believing D.Easier said than done
With the development of the country, the people ________ village I taught before have lived a happy life.
A.from which B.whose C.in whose D.who
Mrs. Black found her husband ________ a tall building and ________ very worried.
A.entering; looked B.enter; looked C.entering; looking D.enter; looking
—Hello, may I know how much you ________ for your services?
—Well, the first costs $ 100 while the other two are free.
A.charge B.stand C.hunt D.ask
